Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

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A. M. Viens (Queen Mary University of London) John Coggon (University of Southampton)

Criminal Law, Philosophy and Public Health Practice

A. M. Viens (Queen Mary University of London), John Coggon (University of Southampton), Anthony S. Kessel (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

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Cambridge University Press
31 October 2013

Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law

The goal of improving public health involves the use of different tools, with the law being one way to influence the activities of institutions and individuals. Of the regulatory mechanisms afforded by law to achieve this end, criminal law remains a perennial mechanism to delimit the scope of individual and group conduct. Utilising criminal law may promote or hinder public health goals, and its use raises a number of complex questions that merit exploration. This examination of the interface between criminal law and public health brings together international experts from a variety of disciplines, including law, criminology, public health, philosophy and health policy, in order to examine the theoretical and practical implications of using criminal law to improve public health.

Edited by: A. M. Viens (Queen Mary University of London), John Coggon (University of Southampton), Anthony S. Kessel (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9781107022782
ISBN 10: 1107022789
Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law
Pages: 278
Publication Date: 31 October 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction A. M. Viens, John Coggon and Anthony S. Kessel; 2. Criminal law, regulatory frameworks and public health Roger Brownsword; 3. Drugs, crime and public health: an insight from criminology Doug Husak; 4. Criminal law, drugs and harm reduction Tom Walker; 5. Morality and strategy in politicising tobacco use: criminal law, public health, and philosophy John Coggon; 6. Pursued by the 'fat' police? Prosecuting the parents of obese children Tracey Elliot; 7. Disease transmission, liability and criminal law James Chalmers; 8. Compulsion, surveillance, testing and treatment: a truly 'criminal' matter? Jean V. McHale; 9. Epidemiological criminology and violence prevention: addressing the co-occurrence of criminal violence and poor health outcomes Roberto H. Potter and Timothy A. Akers; 10. Forensic epidemiology: strange bedfellows or the perfect match? Can public health and criminal law work together without losing their souls? Zita Lazzarini; 11. From the criminal to the consensual: the shifting mechanisms of environmental regulation Robert G. Lee and Mark Stallworthy; 12. Criminal law and global health governance David P. Fidler.

A. M. Viens is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Southampton. John Coggon is Reader in Law at the University of Southampton. Anthony S. Kessel is Director of Public Health Strategy for Public Health England. He is also an Honorary Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.